Police are appealing for information after a man was left seriously injured following a hit-and-run in Birmingham city centre
A man in his 30s was hit by a car on Islington Row shortly after 3am today. He is currently in a critical condition in hospital. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said “We’re carrying out enquiries in the area and are keen for anyone who can assist our investigation to come forward. “If you […]
West Midlands Police are trying to trace this man in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Sekou Doucoure in Birmingham
Detectives suspect Ishmael Farquharson is involved in the death of the teenager in Nursery Road, Lozells, last summer. Sekou was discovered seriously injured on 12 July and despite the best efforts of officers and paramedics, nothing could be done to save him. An 18-year-old man – and a 16-year-old male have already been charged with […]
Rogue publisher disqualified for 11 years after taking £74,000 from clients for adverts that never appeared in his magazine.
Alan Peterson, from Liverpool, was sole director of Sage Media National Limited. The company began trading from January 2018 and had a contract to produce and distribute a magazine titled ‘Copperwheel’ on behalf of the West Midlands Police Motor Club. The magazine was published twice a year and Sage Media National Limited would cold call […]
Rogue publisher disqualified for 11 years after taking £74,000 from clients for adverts that never appeared in his magazine.
Alan Peterson, from Liverpool, was sole director of Sage Media National Limited. The company began trading from January 2018 and had a contract to produce and distribute a magazine titled ‘Copperwheel’ on behalf of the West Midlands Police Motor Club. The magazine was published twice a year and Sage Media National Limited would cold call […]
Rogue publisher disqualified for 11 years after taking £74,000 from clients for adverts that never appeared in his magazine. – (ID 532167)
Alan Peterson, from Liverpool, was sole director of Sage Media National Limited. The company began trading from January 2018 and had a contract to produce and distribute a magazine titled ‘Copperwheel’ on behalf of the West Midlands Police Motor Club. The magazine was published twice a year and Sage Media National Limited would cold call […]
A teenager who embarked on a month-long burglary spree, stealing car keys from inside people’s homes, has been locked up after officers tracked him down and thwarted further attacks
Leo Joe broke into homes across Birmingham and Solihull between 10 February and 9 March. He would tour the streets in the early hours of the morning looking for cars to take, including stealing a top-of-the-range Jaguar F-Pace, Volkswagens, Mercedes and Skodas from homes in Yardley, Castle Bromwich, Stechford, Small Heath and Sheldon. The 19-year-old […]
A teenager who embarked on a month-long burglary spree, stealing car keys from inside people’s homes, has been locked up after officers t…
Leo Joe broke into homes across Birmingham and Solihull between 10 February and 9 March. He would tour the streets in the early hours of the morning looking for cars to take, including stealing a top-of-the-range Jaguar F-Pace, Volkswagens, Mercedes and Skodas from homes in Yardley, Castle Bromwich, Stechford, Small Heath and Sheldon. The 19-year-old […]
A dangerous child sexual predator has been jailed for 13 years
Sam Collier, aged 28, of no fixed address, was found guilty of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and committing an offence with the intention of committing a relevant sexual offence at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday (13 October). The offences took place in 2019, he was later charged and remanded in custody […]
Seven members of a county lines drug gang which transported Class A drugs from the West Midlands and sold them on the streets of Somerset…
The gang was dismantled earlier this year after members of the public reported concerns drugs were being openly sold in Bridgwater. Acting on this intelligence, officers identified a number of locations in the town where transactions were being made and proactively stopped several people seen acting suspiciously. Evidence obtained during these stops led to the […]
Seven members of a county lines drug gang which transported Class A drugs from the West Midlands and sold them on the streets of Somerset have been sentenced
The gang was dismantled earlier this year after members of the public reported concerns drugs were being openly sold in Bridgwater. Acting on this intelligence, officers identified a number of locations in the town where transactions were being made and proactively stopped several people seen acting suspiciously. Evidence obtained during these stops led to the […]
Members of an organised crime group who bought scores of blank firing handguns to convert into live weapons have been jailed for a total …
National Crime Agency investigators established that Perhys Neale, 31, bought around 45 legal blank firing Turkish Retay 84FS pistols from gun stores in the Midlands area, including shops in Birmingham and Tamworth. With original lethal purpose guns being illegal and relatively difficult to obtain, criminals wanting firearms often seek converted blank firing weapons. Each of […]
Members of an organised crime group who bought scores of blank firing handguns to convert into live weapons have been jailed for a total of almost 14 years
National Crime Agency investigators established that Perhys Neale, 31, bought around 45 legal blank firing Turkish Retay 84FS pistols from gun stores in the Midlands area, including shops in Birmingham and Tamworth. With original lethal purpose guns being illegal and relatively difficult to obtain, criminals wanting firearms often seek converted blank firing weapons. Each of […]
Two men have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in Coventry
Police were called to the Jamiah Masjid & Institute at the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary’s Road just after 9pm to reports of a fight involving a large group of men, some armed with knives, outside. Officers found two people who had been injured, including a 52-year-old man who had been stabbed. Despite […]
Two men have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in Coventry – (ID 530977)
Police were called to the Jamiah Masjid & Institute at the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary’s Road just after 9pm to reports of a fight involving a large group of men, some armed with knives, outside. Officers found two people who had been injured, including a 52-year-old man who had been stabbed. Despite […]
Two men have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in Coventry
Police were called to the Jamiah Masjid & Institute at the junction of Durbar Avenue and Queen Mary’s Road just after 9pm to reports of a fight involving a large group of men, some armed with knives, outside. Officers found two people who had been injured, including a 52-year-old man who had been stabbed. Despite […]
A driver is being sought by police after a pedal cyclist was critically injured in a hit-and-run collision in Pype Hayes on Sunday night
The 45-year-old guy was riding his bicycle down Chester Road with his dog on a leash when he was hit by a car as he passed the pedestrian crossing close to Pype Hayes Park, opposite the Marshbrook Road intersection. The driver of the car originally halted at the scene before continuing on Eachelhurst Road.
An investigation has been launched after two men were shot in the West Midlands
Officers from West Midlands Police are investigating after two people were shot this afternoon in Birmingham (9 July). It happened shortly before 5 p.m. on Wheeler Street in Newtown.
A man and two teenagers have been charged with the stabbing death of Ronan Kanda in Wolverhampton
Ronan, 16, was attacked shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday on Mount Road in Lanesfield.